# Amputations at Nucor Castrip Arkansas, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018076745` · 7/5/2018 · BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Castrip Arkansas, LLC
- **Location:** 6061 E State Hwy 18, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72315
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the entry gauge function on a machine. The machine's lid closed, coming down on the employee's right hand. His right little fingertip was severely injured and had to be surgically removed.

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